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Let Congress decide privacy safeguards for autonomous vehicles, 2020 hopeful John Delaney says

Posted on Apr 3, 2019 in Cars, News, Policy & Regulation

Questions regarding the use of data collected from self-driving vehicles will need to be addressed by policymakers when they craft a...

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Volkswagen’s self-driving cars are about to hit a new city

Posted on Apr 3, 2019 in Cars, News

Germany is taking on the U.S. (and China) when it comes to autonomous vehicles. On Wednesday, Volkswagen and Hamburg announced a...

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When it comes to self-driving cars, Beijing and Silicon Valley aren’t so different

Posted on Apr 3, 2019 in Cars, News

Beijing looks a lot like Silicon Valley — at least when it comes to autonomous vehicles. The first-ever city report on autonomous vehicle...

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Half of Americans think self-driving cars are more dangerous than human-driven cars: Poll

Posted on Apr 2, 2019 in Cars, News

Companies are pushing ahead with the development of self-driving cars at full throttle, but many Americans still don’t trust the...

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Apple is working on skid recovery and automatic safety systems for self-driving cars

Posted on Apr 2, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Apple’s self-driving vehicle technology has the potential to make being a passenger even safer than before, with the company coming...

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Autonomous vehicle tests underway in London

Posted on Apr 2, 2019 in Cars, News

Supervised autonomous vehicle tests have started in two London boroughs, according to a statement published Tuesday. FiveAI, which...

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Get a free ride in a self-driving car this weekend in Detroit

Posted on Apr 2, 2019 in Cars, News

It’s something to check off the bucket list: ride in a car that drives itself. This weekend, the Society of Automotive Engineers is...

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Seizing the self-driving vehicle opportunity

Posted on Apr 2, 2019 in Perspective

Self-driving vehicles are poised to trigger huge social, industrial and economic benefits. According to the Society of Motor Manufacturers...

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Autonomous driving start-up Aurora open to working with BMW, Daimler

Posted on Apr 2, 2019 in Cars, News

Self-driving cars start-up Aurora is open to working with BMW and Daimler to develop self-driving cars, the technology company’s Chief...

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Are we on the right road to driverless cars?

Posted on Apr 2, 2019 in Cars, Perspective

There is much ongoing research into autonomous road vehicles and experimental cars and heavy-goods vehicles have already hit the roads. A...

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Autonomous driving has serious problems that could lead to very long delays

Posted on Apr 2, 2019 in Cars, Perspective, Technology

Whack-a-mole is not good enough. A Chinese demonstration of the inadequacies of Tesla’s autopilot (see here) also clearly shows that the...

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Search giant Baidu has driven the most autonomous miles in Beijing

Posted on Apr 2, 2019 in Cars, News

While the public is asking, “When are we going to ride in autonomous cars?,” technology companies have been moving apace to test them on...

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Stanford wants to teach its autonomous race cars to learn from their past

Posted on Apr 1, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Researchers at Stanford University are leveraging the power of artificial intelligence to help their autonomous prototypes learn from the...

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Sun plays tricks on Cadillac’s Super Cruise

Posted on Apr 1, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

For automakers and technology companies working on autonomous driving technology, making vehicles perform well in inclement conditions...

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Virtual tests for autonomous driving systems

Posted on Apr 1, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Sensors in autonomous vehicles have to be extremely reliable, since in the future motorists will no longer constantly monitor traffic...

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Lumotive announces a new ‘Beam-Steering’ Lidar for autonomous vehicles

Posted on Apr 1, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology

Lumotive, a Seattle-based lidar startup developing technology for autonomous vehicles, recently introduced a disruptive...

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Morgan Stanley warns General Motors investors to lower their expectations for Cruise autonomous cars

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in Cars, News

Morgan Stanley is trying to tamper investor excitement for General Motor’s Cruise robo-taxi unit. In a note to clients this week,...

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The convergence of 5G and AI: A venture capitalist’s view

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in Buses, Cars, Perspective, Technology, Trucks

As an emerging-technology investor, I am always on the lookout for new technologies that can improve existing markets and enable new ones....

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Watch a self-driving car handle hairpin turns like a race car

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in Cars, Technology

Self-driving cars are trained to be overly cautious, but there may be situations where they need to make high-speed maneuvers to avoid a...

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Portland startup develops AV remote control

Posted on Mar 31, 2019 in Cars, News, Technology, Trucks

In an era of self-driving vehicles, roadside assistance could transform into on-road assistance. Instead of asking OnStar for help, riders...

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